Taxes

[Consistent-Pause7153]

Curious how people handle taxes across multiple affiliate networks when you're based outside the US. The W-8BEN forms are straightforward but the moment you're pulling from 4-5 networks simultaneously it becomes a mess. Anyone using an accountant who actually gets affiliate income or figured out a clean system?

 

[Graybeard]

You have to track income at the receiving point—bank, PayPal, crypto, wherever it hits. That’s your starting point.
Expenses and write-offs depend on your local tax rules, so you need to calculate net income within your own jurisdiction. There's a lot of expenses that could be deducted; advertising, servers, actual paid development costs, costs of SaaS or software used (Trackers?), etc.
I can only speak to U.S. rules, but the principle is the same.

 

[T J Tutor]

This is not complicated! You simply track earned income. Most networks provide 1099's as well. Affiliate income and expense is very simple and not difficult in any way.